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In:Missionary Linguistics VI: Missionary Linguistics in Asia
Edited by Otto Zwartjes and Paolo De Troia
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 130] 2021
► pp. 155–174

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Politeness in João Rodrigues’s grammars of Japanese

A terminological analysis

 | Universidade de São Paulo
Published online: 2 November 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sihols.130.05nak
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Hierarchical interpersonal relationships
  • 3.Treatment of politeness in Rodrigues’s Artes
    • 3.1Subject-controlled and object-controlled honorifics and Rodrigues’s approach
    • 3.2Honra
    • 3.3Humildade or abatimento
  • 4.Cultural footprint of the terms
  • 5.Concluding remarks
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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